Book Review and Tour Stop
Stripped
by: Brooklyn Skye
★★★★ 4 Stars
Blurb ~ “I like you.” His voice is low and soft, which I don’t deserve. I look away, down the rutted parking lot.
“Don’t... waste those words on me.”
He touches my cheek. “You just need someone to show you.”
“No.” I ease back again. “I don’t. So please, Torrin, stop trying to swoop in and save me. I don’t need saving.”
College freshman Quinn Montgomery will do anything to avoid the mistake her sister made—killing herself over a boy. But when she is forced into nude modeling at a local college to support her family after a bankruptcy, she begins to crack, just enough to let Torrin, the university’s top varsity oarsman, see that the real Quinn is not as feisty and unapproachable as she wants everyone to think. But letting someone in comes at a steep cost and, it turns out, Torrin is connected to Quinn’s family in more ways than she could ever imagine.
Review
*ARC received from author for Honest Review*
How far would you go to stay in school? If taking your
clothes off for an art class was the best way to make money could you do it? Quinn’s
dad makes a huge error in judgment, losing his teaching job or should I say
quitting after a huge scandal, and causing Quinn to transfer schools and face
giving up her education all together. She’s of course filled with tons of anger
when her life is trampled by her father’s decision. When faced with the
decision of quitting school or taking her clothes off for money she sees no
other option. The downside-her new ‘job’ is at her old school, where everyone
knows her father and what he did. Can Quinn stay anonymous long enough???
“You’re not a sexual
object to them, but a muse for art. They are going to scrutinize every inch of
you, and they will portray your every imperfection. That’s what they’re graded
on.”
Quinn has a hard time accepting her fate. While blowing off
steam on her old campus, Quinn meets Torrin. She’s anything but a welcoming friend.
Her brash, rude and sometimes mean comments don’t turn him away like she hopes
and over time, Quinn lets him in. But Torrin has secrets of his own. Once she
finally lets him in, Torrin’s secrets are revealed and they are a lot worse
than Quinn ever expected. How can she forgive him, herself or even her father?
Faced with the memory of a sister who fell in love and couldn't handle it thus
taking her own life, Quinn is not too open to love in any form.
Torrin squeezes his way into her heart, slowly chipping away
the ice that holds her heart together and makes her face more truths about
herself and her family than she was ever ready for. Even the truth about her sister’s untimely
death is resolved and Quinn is left questioning her own choices and life when
faced with the horrible truth. Can she forgive her sister for leaving? And her
father for his error in judgment which led to their family being run through
the mud in the press?
Stripped was a
great read. Quinn is faced with so many hard truths and realities that the poor
thing has nowhere to turn and no one to trust. Faced with hard decisions about
her future she doesn't know where to turn. Taking her clothes off was never a
plan in her mind but she refuses to give up. Even after the world around her
crumbles she refuses to back down and making money to stay in school is all she
can do. The decision to take her clothes off is not easy and you struggle right
along with her. She’s amazingly strong though sometimes abrasive and vulgar,
who can blame her after the hell her life has become. When Torrin’s truths are
revealed, Quinn is left questioning everything and everyone she blamed. Can she
forgive them and live a happy life? I definitely recommend Stripped. It was a quick,
interesting read that will suck you in and have you following Quinn’s journey hoping
all along the way that things work to in the end. If NA is your pleasure,
Stripped will pleasantly surprise you. It reminded me of Picture Perfect by Alessandra Thomas, though where Cat is a nude
model by choice, Quinn’s decision to take her clothes off is one of life or
death. I look forward to what comes next from Brooklyn Skye.
Favorite Quote:
“I suspect he’s a
nice guy and is no immediate threat to my vagina, but I have to stop this
before he gets the idea I’m a normal dateable girl.” -Quinn
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Awesome review & quotes. Glad you enjoyed it :)
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